Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-08
Fashion Notes.

From the New York World.
 Sashes constantly grow in popularity; nearly all gowns have one loop and two long ends set under the basque.
 Bangs are steadily decreasing in favor. Every one whose face can stand the severity of the style combs the hair straight back in loose. careless Pompadour.
 Blue gray, known as old blue; Gobelin blue, 8 somewhat deeper tint, and a warm pinkish gray will be the fashionable shades iu new autumn costumes, always, it is under stood, combined with white.
 A pretty sample of an autumn costume mere of the new pinkish- gray shade known as twilight" The skirt was of diagonal plaid, consisting of fine stripes of gray, brown and pink 8 white ground. This was gathered and fell loosely over a narrow plating of the twilight colored cashmere. The drapery, drawn high on the hips and the body, was of cashmere, cuffs and waisteoat being of the plaid.
 The draped and folded waistcoats of con trasting color and different material which have distinguished so many of the summer gowns reappear on the costumes being pre- pared for the coming season and have every prospect of long lease of favor.
 For house dresses the wide bias, half-girdle fronts will be used in combination costumes. The upper part of the shirred corsage will be of plain silk or wool and the bias part of stripes, beginning in the under-arm seam just below the sleeves, tapering towards the waist and fastened there with buckle. A lovely demi saison coat-basque is shown
 by a French importer. It has the long, square, Louis XIV. side pieces low on the hips. The coat is of pistache green silk,
 with green velvet revers and pocket flaps;
 the vest of pink China crepe and 8 wide full
 iabot of embroidered white lisse.
 Cocks plumes will be much worn on the autumn hats. They are dyed to match all shades of costumes and are made up in erect, stiffly curled punches, which have very military effect and in no way resemble the natural graceful fall of the plunaes when not stiffened by artificial means. Ths breasts of birds-which for some strange raason does not excite the ire of the Au- dubon society as much as the whole body of the bird-stiff wings and multitudinous bows of ribbon will trim the coming sea- sons headgear.
 Braidipg promises to be more than ever popular. The plain skirts, of white, under Gobelin blue or twilight gray draperies, ar @ heavily braided with braid to match the color of the overdress. This is repeated on the white waistcoat, cuffs and collar. Dresses of fine gray plaids have blue plas- irons of braid which comes in ready-made sets of three pieces for plastron, collar and sleeves, and can be applique very easily and quickly. These ready-made sets of braiding are shown in all colors and very elaborate designs for the autumn. For carriage boots and for house-wear patent leather, with the uppers of very soft kid, is much liked. Almost all shoes now have tip of patent leather, and for slippers it grows more and more popular Shoes for the coming season will button very high around the ankle and will only be slightly pointed. The last of the best shoes has the sole almost straight on the inside, the outside rounding somewhat towards the toe Heels are very low and broad save on Louis XIV. slidpers used for dancing, where the shoe is considerably displayed and the
 wearer is desirous of having it appear as small as possible.
 The tendency in gloves for the new season | is that they shall be of shade to match the costume. Many of the newest have the strips of kid between the fingers of white, 1 in line with the fancy for combining white with the costume in every way possible, put
 the effect is scarcely desirable, as it increases | the apparent size of the hand In walking gloves the heavy English glove Is the favor | ite, with the broad black stitching and large | buttons These are always used for riding or driving.
 l Eondon tailors are using smooth cloths for dressy suits, combining two colors Tn one l costume in rather marked contrast. For l these combination cloth costumes the lighter l color will be used for the lower skirt and | waistcoat, with dark basque and drapery. l One has drapery of serpent-green over gray skirt. which is braided with the green. An other has skirt of tobacco-brown, braided 1 with blue, the shade of the drapery, and the coat. which matches the costume, is also o1 1 blue. These suits are worn with hats ol l bonnets trimmed with the shades.